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Jørn Utzon

1918 - 2008

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Jørn Oberg Utzon (Danish: [ˈjɶɐ̯ˀn ˈutsʌn]; 9 April 1918 – 29 November 2008) was a Danish architect. In 1957, he won an international design competition for his design of the Sydney Opera House in Australia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jørn Utzon has received more than 1,030,981 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia. Jørn Utzon is the 39th most popular architect (down from 33rd in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 43rd in 2019) and the most popular Danish Architect.

Jørn Utzon is most famous for his design of the Sydney Opera House.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Jørn Utzon ranks 39 out of 424. Before him are Santiago Calatrava, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, André Le Nôtre, Hippodamus of Miletus, and Ictinus. After him are Vladimir Tatlin, I. M. Pei, Callicrates, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Rem Koolhaas, and Christopher Wren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Jørn Utzon ranks 19. Before him are Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Waldheim, Frederick Sanger, Gertrude B. Elion, Alberto Ascari, and Katherine Johnson. After him are Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, William Holden, Billy Graham, Chaim Herzog, Rosalia Lombardo, and Franco Modigliani. Among people deceased in 2008, Jørn Utzon ranks 15. Before him are Suharto, Samuel P. Huntington, Charlton Heston, Albert Hofmann, Hua Guofeng, and Sydney Pollack. After him are Harold Pinter, Richard Widmark, Miriam Makeba, Richard Wright, Alain Robbe-Grillet, and Yma Sumac.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Jørn Utzon ranks 54 out of 893. Before him are Frederick VII of Denmark (1808), Frederick I of Denmark (1471), Tollund Man (-400), Valdemar IV of Denmark (1320), Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (850), and Christian VI of Denmark (1699). After him are Nicolas Steno (1638), Anna Karina (1940), Gerda Wegener (1886), Carl Nielsen (1865), Aage Bohr (1922), and Abel, King of Denmark (1218).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Denmark

Among architects born in Denmark, Jørn Utzon ranks 1. After him are Arne Jacobsen (1902), Theophil Hansen (1813), Verner Panton (1926), Jan Gehl (1936), Johan Otto von Spreckelsen (1929), Christian Frederik Hansen (1756), Henning Larsen (1925), and Bjarke Ingels (1974).

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